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A More Detailed Physician Payment Reform Proposal
Read moreAfter releasing a broad physician payment reform draft, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a more fleshed out framework to replace... -
Line Items: Summer Heat Edition
Read moreHeat Is On – The heart of the summer is upon us and Washington is feeling the heat in more than one way. In addition to record temperatures... -
Making the Case for Fundamental Tax Reform
Read moreToday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt released a memo making the case for the “ blank slate” approach to tax reform proposed by Senate Finance Chairman... -
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson July 2013
Read moreToday, Fiscal Commission co-chairs and CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson published an op-ed in Politico reiterating their support for... -
Op-Ed: "Blank Slate" Key to Tax Reform
Read morePOLITICO | July 22, 2013 In the quarter century since Congress last reformed the Tax Code, back in 1986, it seems Washington has worked overtime to... -
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Fiscal Implications of Rising Market Pressures
Read moreIn a recently released IMF working paper, economists Salvatore Dell’Erba, Todd Mattina, and Agustin Roitman looked into the precursors of fiscal... -
The Student Loan Agreement: Not a Bad Deal for Students
Read moreYesterday, CRFB praised the recent bipartisan agreement to enact a permanent fix for student loans instead of another temporary and costly solution... -
Fix the Debt Hosts National Fly-In
Read moreThis week Fix the Debt supporters from around the country visited Washington, DC to ask their representatives to work together and address the... -
MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein July 2013
Read moreShould Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) be trimmed? In a recently released CQ Researcher Report focusing on government spending... -
Op-Ed: Should Social Security Cost-of-Living Increases be Trimmed?
Read moreCQ Researcher | July 18, 2013 Should we measure inflation as accurately as possible? Of course we should, particularly when the fiscal implications of... -